International Relations
Economics
5 min
India permits exports of essential commodities to Maldives for 2026-27
India has renewed its annual commitment to export essential commodities to the Maldives for the fiscal year 2026-27, continuing a practice that began under a...
International Relations
Economics
Polity & Governance
4 min
USTR lists India's UPI and data rules as trade barriers
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, identifying India's digital...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
Designed in backdrop of US tariffs, SEZ sops come into effect amid West Asia conflict
New incentives for India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have come into effect, introduced against the backdrop of two simultaneous external pressures: escal...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
How an Indian LPG tanker escaped Hormuz via an unusual route
The Indian-flagged LPG tanker Pine Gas loaded cargo at the UAE's Ruwais port on February 27, 2026, expecting to transit the Strait of Hormuz and reach India ...
International Relations
5 min
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban resume talks in China as Beijing seeks ceasefire
Representatives from Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban government convened in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang province, for the first-ever China-Pakist...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
USTR flags barriers as US trade deficit with India widens 27% in 2025
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, flagging India as a market wi...
International Relations
4 min
Putin likely to participate in September BRICS summit in Delhi: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister confirmed that President Vladimir Putin is likely to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, scheduled for September 2026...
Science & Technology
International Relations
5 min
GE delivers sixth F404 engine for Tejas Mk1A to HAL, cites war in Gulf for delay
General Electric (GE) Aerospace delivered only six F404-IN20 engines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2026 —...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
4 min
Donald Trump attends Supreme Court arguments on limiting birthright citizenship; first such appearance by incumbent President
US President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the Supreme Court on April 1, 2026 — the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the court — t...
Environment & Ecology
International Relations
5 min
The rare whale species in the way of Trump’s oil drilling plan
A cabinet-level committee of senior Trump administration officials, informally called the "God Squad," voted to exempt all oil and gas drilling in the Gulf o...
International Relations
Economics
4 min
How Russian oil makes its way to India—two key routes, a backup & a sanctions hack
Russian crude oil travels approximately 7,000 nautical miles from Baltic Sea ports to Gujarat shores via two primary maritime routes, threading through the N...
International Relations
4 min
Trump is at a strategic dead end on Iran; the war will reshape Gulf’s security architecture: Johns Hopkins professor Vali Nasr
A Johns Hopkins University professor and prominent Iran scholar, Vali Nasr, argued in a recent interview that Trump has reached a strategic dead end in the I...
International Relations
Economics
6 min
Australia’s Albanese says war's economic shock will be felt for months; urges using public transport
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered a rare national address — broadcast simultaneously across major television and radio networks — warning ...
International Relations
4 min
U.S. is considering exiting ‘paper tiger NATO’, says Trump
Donald Trump publicly declared the US was considering withdrawing from NATO, calling the alliance a "paper tiger," and claimed that Russian President Putin s...
Economics
International Relations
Geography
6 min
Kerala likely to see 20% drop in remittances as West Asia war drags on
The West Asia war is expected to cause at least a 20% decline in remittances to Kerala in 2026, with the possibility of steeper falls if the conflict escalat...
Science & Technology
International Relations
6 min
Madhya Pradesh: Ujjwala gave them smoke-free kitchens, but now, dung-cake stoves are back
A ground-level report from Madhya Pradesh reveals that women who received free LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) have reverted t...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
Billion-plus people, three million officials, 33 questions - India begins huge census
India has launched the world's most ambitious enumeration exercise — Census 2027 — with approximately 3 million (30 lakh) officials beginning the first of tw...
International Relations
Geography
Internal Security
5 min
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Houthis claim responsibility for third missile attack against Israel; joint ops. with Iran, Hezbollah
Yemen's Houthis claimed a third joint missile attack on Israel, conducted with Iran and Hezbollah — marking their formal entry into the Iran-Israel war. Iran...
Science & Technology
International Relations
5 min
Historic Artemis 2 mission set for launch, but NASA astronauts will not land on the Moon — Here's why
NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched on April 1, 2026, from Kennedy Space Center at 6:24 p.m. EDT — the first crewed mission to travel beyond low Earth orbit si...
International Relations
5 min
India’s goal not to take ‘balanced position’ in West Asia war, has to protect own interests—C Raja Mohan
Foreign policy analyst C Raja Mohan argued that India's goal in the West Asia conflict should not be to maintain a "balanced position" for its own sake — Ind...